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Manuel Matuzović @matuzo.at · 2w ago

Friends, it's that time of the year: Once again, I'm asking you to help me create another amazing HTMHell Advent Calendar by writing about HTML. The CFP is open until October 3! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Today at 6 pm CEST I'm doing a live, one hour accessibility testing session. You send me links, I test them and comment what I see. Hosted by my friends at @smashingconf.com! smashingconf.com/online-works...

Live Accessibility Testing — Online Workshops

In this one-hour session, Manuel Matuzović will test the websites you provide for accessibility issues and show you quick first steps you can take to identify and assess them. You will learn how to us...

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I've heard that CSS subgrid is difficult to progressively enhance – and I disagree! Here's how I create subgrid fallbacks with one small addition. youtu.be/2ESqkg20JaE Join my @smashingconf.com workshop for more maintainable CSS! smashingconf.com/online-works... #CSS

CSS Progressive Enhancement with Subgrid

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Only a couple of days left before my Accessibility for Designers online workshop starts! It's remote, 4×2.5h live sessions over 2 weeks. You will learn how to design accessible products, from the start, to save time later in projects. Ful details: smashingconf.com/online-works...

Last week's "The Joy of Being Wrong" by @emmabostian.bsky.social at @smashingconf.com Freiburg was such a lovely session! ❤️ So I tried my best to capture it my sketch note way. 🎨 My favorite learning is the "Learning Zone" and how to create the safe space needed for it. 🫶 #smashingconf

you really should and I need to do it more too ohhelloana.blog/tell-the-spe...

Tell the speakers that you liked their talks

if you always wanted to but think it isn't worth telling a speaker you liked their talk, this is your encouragement post to do so.

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I'm a little late, but I really enjoyed this year's Freiburg edition of @smashingconf.com. A big thank you to everyone involved; the team and organization were fantastic, and I feel really thankful for having gotten to meet so many amazing humans 😍 Can't wait for next year!

Still dreaming about this 🥰

Emma Bostian@emmabostian.bsky.social · 3w ago

I just watched @heydonworks.com make music with HTML and I have no words. Genuinely the most incredible talk I’ve ever seen 🐮 🔔 @smashingconf.com

Fighting the post @smashingconf.com blues. Had such a nice time, spoke with so many like minded people and enjoyed that unadulterated positivity that has become quite rare. Even got a little star struck sharing a table with people who's tools I use and books I read. 😊 See you next year.

Only 9 days until #ID24! 😍 24 talks about accessibility in 24 hours, for free! inclusivedesign24.org/2026/

Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)

A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

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If you want to follow day 2 of @smashingconf.com in Freiburg, one way is to check my photos regularly. Started to drop photos of day 2 already. And what a great start with @heydonworks.com marcthiele.com/photos/smash...

I won't complain because I'm still in Italy but nevertheless @smashingconf.com FOMO is real. Have fun y'all! ❤️#smashingConf

Thank you everyone who was here today at @smashingmagazine.com conference in Freiburg! You can find the slides from my talk "Fun with flags" over here: speakerdeck.com/evaferreira/...

Fun with Flags - i18n in the AI era

Smashing conference Freiburg 2026

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"i18n is not just translating strings, it's showing that we care." 💜 @evaferreira92.bsky.social at #smashingconf

“It’s not a failure when someone doesn’t take your advice”. Lots to reflect from Joe’s talk. I’ve explored the “talking about risk” from the dev perspective but talking about fear and frustration is more complicated as that’s also part of company culture. #SmashingConf

As you know we are having great fun in Freiburg with the @smashingconf.com crew. You can't be here? Well, maybe these photos are a little help for you to feel as if you are part of it. marcthiele.com/photos/smash...

SmashingConf Freiburg 2026 – Photos by Marc Thiele

14 years of SmashingConf in Freiburg. Time flies. Here is a set of photos to give you an idea of how much fun it was.

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Lovely venue for the @smashingconf.com Jam Session!

Had an absolute blast at the @smashingconf.com Jam Session today! So many awesome people 🥰The conference starts tomorrow and it’ll be 💯

Nodding along to everything @evaferreira92.bsky.social is sharing. #smashingConf

ready for my workshop! #SmashingConf feeling somewhat underdressed

Oh look 👀 it’s an oscilloscope that actually fits in a suitcase. I wonder what airport security is going to say when they see this thing going through the scanners. I just don’t have an room for clean clothes left in my luggage. But that is a price I am willing to let you pay. Smell you later! 👋🏻

CSS has changed dramatically in the last 6 years, but always building on core principles of resilience & design systems. Join me in October for a 5-day (3-week) @smashingconf.com workshop about how it all fits together, and how to make it work for your team: smashingconf.com/online-works... #CSS

Cascading Style Systems: Resilient & Maintainable CSS — Online Workshops

If you ever feel lost in the CSS weeds, wrestling with the cascade, or you just want to improve your workflow with modern, efficient, and maintainable stylesheets, then this workshop is for you!

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"Oscilloscopes & Other Bad Ideas" I've been so swamped in work that I completely forgot that I am going to give a talk at the @smashingconf.com Jam Session next monday. But with a title like that I already know it's going to be good. smashingconf.com/freiburg-202...

Jam Session — Freiburg in Germany, September 7–10.

The night before the conference kicks off, we’re hosting Jam Session with our dear friends from Reservix, with a few snacks, drinks and micro talks from your fellow attendees! We hope you’ll join us t...

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Doing a bunch of talks in the next while: - A web that serves us all (Smashing 🇩🇪, 9 Sept) - Human rights+tech (🇳🇱, 21 Sept) - Improving WCAG 3 (#id24 🌎, 24 Sept) - Creativity cannot be computed (WDC 🇬🇧, 9 Oct) - Green web (ffconf 🇬🇧, 13 Nov) - WCAG-EM (🇬🇧, 18 Nov) see also: hidde.blog/speaking/#up...

A week today I will be heading to @smashingconf.com Freiburg ✨💖

So, it seems I'll be going to the @smashingconf.com in Freiburg next week! 😊 If you're also going, let me know, so that my shyness has less ground to hold on too. 🙂

Details: This is hosted by @smashingconf.com 📅 Tue, Sept 1, 2026 · 19:00 CEST 🎟️ Free, recording included: smashingconf.com/online-works...

Spotting Accessibility Issues Early — Online Workshops

Accessibility is not only a developer problem, it's team work! And many issues can already be spotted, prevented, and documented during the design phase. In this 1-hour webinar, Stephanie Walter will show designers and open-minded curious developers how to review mockups for common accessibility issues.

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Since accessibility issues start in the design phase, catching them early is cheaper than fixing them in code. I'm running a free 1 hour accessibility webinar this Tuesday Sept 1, 2026 · 19:00. It covers how to check your mockups, documentation examples and you will get plenty of resources to help.

Spotting Accessibility Issues Early — Online Workshops

Accessibility is not only a developer problem, it's team work! And many issues can already be spotted, prevented, and documented during the design phase. In this 1-hour webinar, Stephanie Walter will show designers and open-minded curious developers how to review mockups for common accessibility issues.

smashingconf.com

And @charismagic.studio convinced me to come to @smashingconf.com after all ⭐️⭐️⭐️ I am so looking forward to that, after the conference dry-spell over the summer break. Can't wait - and finally also an opportunity to take the sleeper train back home. What should I talk about at the Jam Sessions?

🌍 Eva's talk is about the new i18n reality. She's covering QA workflows for the AI era, plus the very real problem of German nouns destroying your layout. She's also running a workshop right after the conference: Accessibility from Code to Compliance. 🏳️ Join us: smashingconf.com/freiburg-2026